The University of Hawai’i men’s basketball team not only enjoyed a stellar season on the court in 2025-26, but also in the classroom, once again earning recognition from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for its academic achievements.
The Warriors were honored with the NABC Team Academic Excellence Award as UH’s roster of 13 student-athletes earned a combined 3.20 grade point average during the 2025-26 academic calendar. Each year the NABC recognizes teams that earn grade-point averages of 3.0 and higher. This is the third straight year that UH earned the distinction.
A school-record seven Warriors earned individual accolades from the NABC as well, eclipsing the previous record of five from last year. Graduate students Dre Bullock and Tanner Cuff and upperclassmen Isaac Finlinson, Isaac “Big Fish” Johnson, Isaiah Kerr, Gytis Nemeiksa and Harry Rouhliadeff were recipients of the NABC Honors Court award. Kerr achieved the highest marks, achieving a 3.90 GPA while pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Meanwhile, Nemeiksa and Rouhliadeff each gained Honors Court recognition for the second straight year.
To make the NABC Honors Court list, student-athletes must be a junior, senior or graduate student during the 2025-26 year and hold a cumulative GPA of 3.2 following the end of the spring 2026 semester.
Additionally, the men’s basketball program posted a perfect single-year score of 1000 for the fourth time under head coach Eran Ganot. The team also recorded multi-year APR scores above their sport’s national average and surpassed their previous year’s score by 16 points for a total of 988.
The Academic Progress Rate (APR) was introduced by the NCAA in 2003 as a comprehensive, term-by-term metric to measure the eligibility, retention and graduation of Division I student-athletes. APR is scored out of 1000; teams are required to meet a multi-year score of 930 to qualify for the postseason.